Logitech Revue IP Control

2012 · 9 replies · General

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In short

I would love to be able to control the revue though IP so I can use the keyboard through roomie. — Staff replied: “The Logitech Revue is a Google TV implementation. It's well-known how to add support for Google TV. For us, it's a project about as large as adding iTunes support which was very large.”

Question 2012-04 · older version

I would love to be able to control the revue though IP so I can use the keyboard through roomie.

Member 2012-11 · older version

Yes, I'm looking for this too!

Member 2013-01 · older version

I'd like to use roomie to control my revue also.

Member 2013-01 · older version

If I understand correctly, the revue basically uses an embedded Harmony Link. Poking around a bit, it appears that the Link communicates with its controller app via xmpp (jabber) rather than http. Also, in order to send commands to the Link, you first need to obtain a session key from a Logitech server, which is presumably what the controller does every so often (and I guess what was behind the big outage close to a year ago).

So while this may be doable (and it would be nice if it is), it will probably not be trivial, especially figuring out a way to get around needing the session key. I was hoping it would just be a matter of capturing http commands between the control app & the Link, but it does not appear to be that easy. :sadpanda

Roomie Staff 2013-01 · older version

The Logitech Revue is a Google TV implementation. It's well-known how to add support for Google TV. For us, it's a project about as large as adding iTunes support which was very large. We're continuing to track customer demand for Google TV solutions and may add it in the future should demand increase.

Roomie Staff 2013-01 · older version

That's just a completely unrelated feature. That's Logitech's way of putting icing on top of their Google TV cake. If you want to control the box, it is a Google TV. The Logitech addition is just trying to make it possible to control more of your IR stuff from your Google TV -- a feature that was/is universally thought to be poor back when the Revue/Link was released.

Member 2013-07 · older version

+1 for this feature

Member 2013-09 · older version

+1 for this feature.

Member 2013-09 · older version

The Revue had it's EOL ages ago. A work around for pseudo IP control can be done with Tasker, the AutoRemote plugin, and Roomie's ability to launch URLs.

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